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This study is being conducted by 

AHRQ through its contractor, 2M 

Research Services (2M), pursuant to 

AHRQ’s statutory authority to conduct 

and support research on health care and 

on systems for the delivery of such care, 

including activities with respect to the 

quality, effectiveness, efficiency, 

appropriateness and value of health care 

services and with respect to quality 

measurement and improvement [42 

U.S.C 299a(a)(1) and (2)]. 

Method of Collection 

The Grantee Survey will be delivered 

via a web form to the evaluation liaison 

of each grantee. The evaluation liaison 

will have the option to designate 

another person to complete sections of 

or the entire survey if needed. The 

contractor will develop a unique survey 

link for each grantee. The evaluation 

team will disseminate the findings from 

the grantee interviews and Grantee 

Survey that answer the evaluation 

questions through evaluation reports 

developed for AHRQ and through other 

dissemination products (e.g., 

newsletters, blogs, conference 

presentations and papers, etc.) to a 

learning community of the grantees; an 

external contributor group consisting of 

health system leaders, payers and 

policymakers, people with lived 

experience, professional association 

representatives, and subject matter 

experts; and to the general public. 

Estimated Annual Respondent Burden 

Exhibit 1 shows the estimated 

annualized burden hours for the 

respondents’ time to participate in this 

data collection. The total annual burden 

hours are estimated to be 186 hours. 

The Grantee Interviews and Grantee 

Survey will be conducted with 

healthcare providers and grantee 

program staff and partners. 

1. Grantee Interviews—Completed 

once by 120 respondents. The interview 

takes 1.5 hours to complete. 

2. Grantee Survey—Completed once 

by 12 respondents. The survey takes 30 

minutes to complete. 

Exhibit 2 shows the estimated annual 

cost burden associated with the 

respondents’ time to participate in this 

data collection. The annual cost burden 

is estimated to be $21,390. Although the 

education level of respondents may 

vary, we anticipate many of them will 

have a medical degree and be employed 

as a physician or a related occupation. 

The average hourly wage for Physicians 

as reported by the Bureau of Labor 

Statistics ($115.00) was used. 

EXHIBIT 1—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Hours per 

response 

Total burden 

hours 

Grantee Interviews ........................................................................................... 120 1 90/60 180 

Grantee Survey ................................................................................................ 12 1 30/60 6 

Total .......................................................................................................... 132 1 ........................ 186 

EXHIBIT 2—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED COST BURDEN

Form name Total burden 

hours 

Average 

hourly wage 

rate * 

Total cost 

burden 

Grantee Interviews ....................................................................................................................... 180 a $115.00 $20,700 

Grantee Survey ............................................................................................................................ 6 b 115.00 690 

Total ...................................................................................................................................... 186 ........................ 21,390 

* National Compensation Survey: Occupational wages in the United States May 2023, ‘‘U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.’’ 

https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm. aBased on the median wages for Physicians 29–1210. bBased on the median wages for Physicians 29–1210. 

Request for Comments 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520, 

comments on AHRQ’s information 

collection are requested with regard to 

any of the following: (a) whether the 

proposed collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

AHRQ’s health care research and health 

care information dissemination 

functions, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of AHRQ’s estimate of 

burden (including hours and costs) of 

the proposed collection(s) of 

information; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (d) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information upon the 

respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and 

included in the Agency’s subsequent 

request for OMB approval of the 

proposed information collection. All 

comments will become a matter of 

public record. 

Dated: December 16, 2024. 

Marquita Cullom, 

Associate Director. 

[FR Doc. 2024–30337 Filed 12–19–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4160–90–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[30Day-25–1352] 

Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork 

Reduction Act Review 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 

has submitted the information 

collection request titled ‘‘Operational 

Readiness Review 2.0’’ to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval. CDC previously 

published a ‘‘Proposed Data Collection 

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Recommendations’’ notice on June 17, 

2024 to obtain comments from the 

public and affected agencies. CDC did 

not receive comments related to the 

previous notice. This notice serves to 

allow an additional 30 days for public 

and affected agency comments. 

CDC will accept all comments for this 

proposed information collection project. 

The Office of Management and Budget 

is particularly interested in comments 

that: 

(a) Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

(b) Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agencies estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

(c) Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; 

(d) Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including, through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses; and 

(e) Assess information collection 

costs. 

To request additional information on 

the proposed project or to obtain a copy 

of the information collection plan and 

instruments, call (404) 639–7570. 

Comments and recommendations for the 

proposed information collection should 

be sent within 30 days of publication of 

this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/ 

do/PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. Direct written 

comments and/or suggestions regarding 

the items contained in this notice to the 

Attention: CDC Desk Officer, Office of 

Management and Budget, 725 17th 

Street NW, Washington, DC 20503 or by 

fax to (202) 395–5806. Provide written 

comments within 30 days of notice 

publication. 

Proposed Project 

Operational Readiness Review 2.0 

(OMB Control No. 0920–1352)— 

Reinstatement—Office of Readiness and 

Response (ORR), Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

To help evaluate the country’s public 

health emergency preparedness and 

response capacity, the Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention’s 

Division of State and Local Readiness 

(DSLR) administers the Public Health 

Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) 

cooperative agreement. The PHEP 

program is a critical source of funding 

for 62 state, local, and territorial 

jurisdictions including four major 

metropolitan areas (Chicago, Los 

Angeles County, New York City, and 

Washington, DC) to build and 

strengthen their ability to respond to 

and recover from public health 

emergencies. The Operational Readiness 

Review (ORR) is a rigorous, evidencebased assessment used to evaluate PHEP 

recipients’ planning and operational 

functions. The purpose of the ORR 2.0 

is to expand measurement and 

evaluation to all 15 Public Health 

Emergency Preparedness and Response 

Capabilities, which serve as national 

standards for public health 

preparedness planning: 1—Community 

Preparedness; 2—Community Recovery; 

3—Emergency Operations Coordination; 

4—Emergency Public Information and 

Warning; 5—Fatality Management; 6— 

Information Sharing; 7—Mass Care; 8— 

Medical Countermeasure Dispensing 

and Administration; 9—Medical 

Materiel Management and Distribution; 

10—Medical Surge; 11— 

Nonpharmaceutical Intervention; 12— 

Public Health Laboratory Testing; 13— 

Public Health Surveillance and 

Epidemiological Investigation; 14— 

Responder Safety and Health; 15— 

Volunteer Management. 

These capabilities serve as national 

standards for public health 

preparedness planning. The ORR 2.0 

has three modules: Descriptive, 

Planning, and Operational, which will 

allow DSLR to analyze the data for the 

development of descriptive statistics 

and to monitor the progress of each 

recipient towards performance goals. 

The intended outcome of the ORR 2.0 is 

to assist CDC to identify strengths and 

challenges facing preparedness 

programs across the nation and to 

identify opportunities for improvement 

and further technical support. 

Information will be collected from 

respondents using the new Operational 

Readiness Review (ORR) 2.0 platform 

but a backup paper option may be 

available for jurisdictions that require it. 

Information collected from respondents 

is a requirement of the PHEP 

Cooperative Agreement for participants 

to receive funding. This Reinstatement 

will allow PHEP recipients to complete 

their reporting requirements for the fiveyear time period of 2019–2024 PHEP 

Cooperative Agreement. CDC is 

requesting a three-year approval for this 

information collection. The total 

annualized burden hour estimate is 

3055 burden hours. There is no cost to 

respondents other than their time. 

Estimated Annualized Burden Hours 

Type of respondents Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

PHEP Recipients ............................................ Critical contact sheet (CCS) .......................... 62 1 80/60 

PHEP Recipients ............................................ Jurisdictional data sheet (JDS) ...................... 62 1 255/60 

PHEP Recipients ............................................ Receive, stage, store (RSS) warehouse (x2, 

primary and alternate).

62 1 4 

PHEP Recipients ............................................ Partner form/spreadsheet .............................. 62 1 8 

PHEP Recipients ............................................ Workforce development and training ............. 62 1 1.5 

PHEP Recipients ............................................ Capability 1—Community Preparedness ....... 62 1 1 

PHEP Recipients ............................................ Capability 2—Community Recovery .............. 62 1 1 

PHEP Recipients ............................................ Capability 3—Emergency Operations Coordination.62 1 2 

PHEP Recipients ............................................ Capability 4—Emergency Public Information 

and Warning.

62 1 1.5 

PHEP Recipients ............................................ Capability 5—Fatality Management ............... 62 1 2.5 

PHEP Recipients ............................................ Capability 6—Information Sharing ................. 62 1 1 

PHEP Recipients ............................................ Capability 7—Mass Care ............................... 62 1 2 

PHEP Recipients ............................................ Capability 8—Medical Countermeasure Dispensing and Administration.62 1 3 


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Type of respondents Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

PHEP Recipients ............................................ Capability 9—Medical Materiel Management 

and Distribution.

62 1 195/60 

PHEP Recipients ............................................ Capability 10—Medical Surge ........................ 62 1 2 

PHEP Recipients ............................................ Capability 11—Nonpharmaceutical Intervention.62 1 1.5 

PHEP Recipients ............................................ Capability 12—Public Health Laboratory 

Testing.

62 1 1.5 

PHEP Recipients ............................................ Capability 13—Public Health Surveillance 

and Epidemiological Investigation.

62 1 2.5 

PHEP Recipients ............................................ Capability 14—Responder Safety and Health 62 1 1.5 

PHEP Recipients ............................................ Capability 15—Volunteer Management ......... 62 1 75/60 

PHEP Recipients ............................................ Multiyear training and exercise plans 

(MYTEP)—training and exercise planning 

workshop.

62 1 1 

PHEP Recipients ............................................ MYTEP—training and exercise planning (annual).62 1 2 

PHEP Recipients ............................................ Capability 13—Quality improvement process 62 1 20/60 

PHEP Recipients ............................................ PHEP functional exercise (FE), full-scale exercise (FSE) or incident—annual PHEP 

exercise.

62 1 20/60 

PHEP Recipients ............................................ PHEP FE, FSE, or incident—annual staff notification and assembly performance measure.62 1 1.5 

Directly Funded Localities ............................... Facility setup drill ........................................... 4 1 45/60 

Directly Funded Localities ............................... Site activation drill .......................................... 4 1 1 

PHEP Recipients ............................................ EOC activation ............................................... 62 2 30/60 

PHEP Recipients ............................................ PHEP FE, FSE, or incident—Five-year joint 

exercise.

62 1 20/60 

PHEP Recipients ............................................ Five-year Distribution FSE OR Five-year 

Pan-flu FSE.

62 1 0.5 

Five-year Dispensing FSE ............................. * 4 1 0.5 

PHEP Recipients ............................................ Five-year pan flu functional exercise ............. 62 1 45/60 

PHEP Recipients ............................................ Tabletop exercise (TTX)—Administrative or 

fiscal preparedness.

62 1 20/60 

PHEP Recipients ............................................ TTX—Continuity of Operations ...................... 62 1 20/60 

Directly Funded Localities and Freely Associated States.Dispensing Throughput Drill ........................... 12 1 20/60 

Jeffrey M. Zirger, 

Lead, Information Collection Review Office, 

Office of Public Health Ethics and 

Regulations, Office of Science, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2024–30483 Filed 12–19–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4163–18–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[30Day–25–24IV] 

Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork 

Reduction Act Review 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 

has submitted the information 

collection request titled 

‘‘Comprehensive Evaluation of the 

Implementation and Uptake of the CDC 

Clinical Practice Guideline for 

Prescribing Opioids for Pain’’ to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval. CDC 

previously published a ‘‘Proposed Data 

Collection Submitted for Public 

Comment and Recommendations’’ 

notice on October 1, 2024, to obtain 

comments from the public and affected 

agencies. There were two public 

comments related to the previous 

notice. This notice serves to allow an 

additional 30 days for public and 

affected agency comments. 

CDC will accept all comments for this 

proposed information collection project. 

The Office of Management and Budget 

is particularly interested in comments 

that: 

(a) Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

(b) Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agencies estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

(c) Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; 

(d) Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including, through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses; and 

(e) Assess information collection 

costs. 

To request additional information on 

the proposed project or to obtain a copy 

of the information collection plan and 

instruments, call (404) 639–7570. 

Comments and recommendations for the 

proposed information collection should 

be sent within 30 days of publication of 

this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/ 

do/PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. Direct written 

comments and/or suggestions regarding 


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